antivivisection |
opposition to experimentation performed on living animals, as in medical research. |
antivivisectionist |
combined form of vivisectionist. |
antiwar |
combined form of war. |
antiwear |
combined form of wear. |
antiwelfare |
combined form of welfare. |
anti-West |
combined form of West. |
anti-Western |
combined form of Western. |
antiwoman |
combined form of woman. |
anti-Zionist |
combined form of Zionist. |
antler |
one of a pair of solid, bony, often branched horns of the male deer and related animals. |
antlerless |
combined form of antler. |
ant lion |
any of several lace-winged insects whose larvae dig holes in which they trap ants or other insects for food. |
antonomasia |
the substitution of a title or epithet in place of a name, as in calling a princess "her highness". [2 definitions] |
antonym |
a word having a meaning opposite to that of another word. |
antrum |
a cavity within a bone, such as the pair of sinuses in the upper jaw that open into the nose. |
antsy |
(informal) restless, esp. nervously or impatiently so; fidgety. [2 definitions] |
Anubis |
in Egyptian mythology, the god, represented with a jackal head, who leads the dead to judgment. |
anuresis |
partial or total failure of the kidneys to produce and secrete urine, or blockage which inhibits normal urine excretion. |
anuria |
the condition characterized by the inability to urinate. |
anus |
in anatomy, the opening at the lower or rear end of the intestines, through which solid waste matter is excreted. |
anvil |
a heavy, flat-topped metal block on which metal objects, often after heating, are hammered into shapes. [3 definitions] |